Lights flashed in surroundings, blinding them all , until it went out as suddenly as it appeared. When they all came to their senses they realized that there was Rin alone standing in front of them looking bewildered as the scenery had changed. They were now in an ash gray plain, with only utter desolation to see whichever direction they looked."Now you are in my Mind-s.p.a.ce , my World!!" ???
Kakashi and the others looked around to find Jun standing next to a weird demon like creature. Apparently in a female form, she had wrinkled greyish brown skin, big fangs like a snake and two enormous bull like horns. However Yugao was surprised when she saw that the demon was wearing Yak.u.mo"s clothes. It was then that she came to a realization,
"Is that Yak.u.mo ?" Yugao exclaimed.
"No not quite" Jun replied back "You can think of this as an ent.i.ty living inside Yak.u.mo or her alternate persona. She is the one who holds the majority of Yak.u.mo"s power. The power Yak.u.mo showed us earlier was child"s play. When you all were caught up in the Genjutsu caused by the summoned beast of Rokkaku using the mirror, Yak.u.mo used her alternate persona "Ido" to wrest control of the Genjutsu from the beast while I handled Rokkaku and the rest of his cronies that arrived when they realized Rokkaku had fallen. As I finished up, Yak.u.mo had dealt with the beast too. But the Genjutsu was not broken. It was then we realized that this was no simple Genjutsu. That girl in front of you, is a sliver of the Spirit Beast"s True Soul. It has read you mind and chose a form suitable to the Genjutsu it cast using your memories. It is feeding of the chakra used in the attacks against it, and transmitting them back to its main body to awaken it further. Thanks to that we may have lost a month or two from our deadline." Saying as much , Jun glared at "Rin".
"Well you got me," Rin said while shaking her head "but I still have to wonder, whether you could stop me at all once I do this!"
Suddenly smoke and light flashed around Rin"s body and sent out a shock-wave in the surroundings. When the smoke cleared, it revealed a huge beast that resembled a turtle with a crab like sh.e.l.l and red spikes all over its body. Under its sh.e.l.l, it had hard , red muscle like tissue. It sported a pair of human like hands and arms but didn"t have any hind legs. Its face was nearly covered between its large forehead and lower jaw, both of which had spikes . One of its eyes was closed while the other showed a red eye full of anger and madness. Three enormous shrimp like tails waved in the air behind it.
"The Three Tails! Rin revealed her Tailed Beast form ?!" Kakashi exclaimed
"Not exactly, I have seen what a tailed beasts real might is. This guy is just emulating on the basis of the bits of details he gleaned from the memories. But memories are fickle things, often they don"t show what they should . For eg --" Jun said and rushed towards the Three Tails. Three Tails roared in front of him, shock-wave blasting apart ground in a straight line in front of him. Jun pushed his palm forward and waves of plants like a never ending tide burst out of the ground , shielding against the shockwave efficiently. The plant-wave then went on to bind the Three Tails quickly, tens of vines growing and binding it for every vine it managed to break. Wasn"t long before its tails and limbs were submerged in the Plant sea.
"How is this possible?" The Three Tails roared. Jun who landed on its head using Flying Thunder G.o.d replied, "You still don"t get it do you . You are in the combined mind-s.p.a.ce of me and Yak.u.mo. You are not fighting me as much as us both of us. And in this mind s.p.a.ce I can do anything I can imagine and support with my will power and Yak.u.mo backing me up with her some of her own talents it was guaranteed that you will lose. Moreover, you are not a true ent.i.ty anyway. You are a random mixture of memories and power, most of which you don"t even know how to use. Whereas, in this mind s.p.a.ce I can bring out power that I can only theorize but never bring out in real life. Power like this--" Immense amount of green colored chakra released from Jun"s body while he weaved a complex series of hand-seals. The Green Chakra spread over the plant encased body of Three Tails, forming a net of runes. Jun slammed his hand on Three Tails head and the Green Colored Runes started shining with a blinding light.
"Nature"s Purification" Jun whispered as the net of runes started squirming and tightening around Three Tails. Slowly its form started blurring and changing, eventually shrunk down to the size of three average full grown men. When the light finally dimmed, they could see a purplish colored catfish squirming and flopping.
"Brilliant!" a deep voice burst out of the catfish"s mouth "seems like I have found my perfect counter eh ? You know, a few weeks before I first saw you in the Evil Sealing Valley along with that oldie and that girl, I was visited by an old man in my dreams. He wore and ancient coat and had a black staff in his hand and told me that it was my time to be born at last. He granted me a skill to do that but said that only the one who can defeat me will be able to use it. So I split four slivers of my soul from myself and sent them to the sealing mirrors I could still feel connected to me. The fifth one which you used on me in the Evil Sealing Valley had lost its connection to me until you guys reconnected it, waking me up partially in the process. That was the reason I sent my mark on all three of you to determine who was the one that old man told me off. However, now that I have found you , I also have to warn you. You have only purified a sliver of my soul, whereas the majority of it still lies sealed within the valley and under the influence of one of your enemies It is being corrupted slowly. If you can"t reach it before it completely corrupts then you will have a true disaster on your hands. So take care , and here is your reward for defeating me!" Saying so, the catfish turned into a gray ball of light and went inside Jun"s chest. Jun felt the knowledge of a new Jutsu in his mind along with sliver of the spirit beast"s soul and chakra roaming in him and sealed them away temporarily.
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